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Francesco Gradozzi Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

To reserve a decision

Hello everybody,
I'm translating from Italian a technical expression and I'd like to know if it makes sense: "The Judge reserved his decision".
Thank you for your advice.
Francesco
  

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Do you mean he reversed his decision?

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Do you mean he reversed his decision?
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Francesco Gradozzi Hello everybody,I'm translating from Italian a technical expression and I'd like to know if it makes sense: "The Judge reserved his decision".
It does.
reserve here means: refrain from delivering (a judgement or decision) without due consideration or evidence.
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Hi, Francesco,

It seems okay to me: The judge has reserved his decision on ...

Might be also:

The Judge made a reserved decision ...
The Judge may reserve his decision ...
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